26.—(1) A hearing under this rule is held for the purpose of determining outstanding procedural or substantive issues or disposing of the proceedings. In any such proceedings there may be more than one hearing and there may be different categories of hearing, such as a hearing on liability, remedies, costs or preparation time.
(2) Any hearing of a claim under this rule shall be heard by a tribunal composed in accordance with Article 6(1), (2) and (3)(1) of the Industrial Tribunals Order.
(3) Any hearing of a claim under this rule shall take place in public, subject to rule 16.
Article 6(1) and Article 6(3) were modified, respectively, by Schedule 1, paragraph 16(2) and by Article 4(2), (3) and (4) of S.I. 1998/1265 (N.I. 8)